{"id":6436,"date":"2024-02-08T11:30:09","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T10:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/repair.eu\/?p=6436"},"modified":"2024-02-08T11:30:11","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T10:30:11","slug":"new-directive-to-empower-consumers-what-does-it-mean-for-repair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/repair.eu\/ca\/news\/new-directive-to-empower-consumers-what-does-it-mean-for-repair\/","title":{"rendered":"New directive to empower consumers – what does it mean for repair?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This post was written by Sonja Leyvraz from EEB<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last Wednesday, the new Directive on Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition (ECGT) was finalised. The Right to Repair Europe coalition welcomes this step towards more clarity for consumers, as the law will restrict greenwashing practices and misleading green claims<\/a>, including claims on reparability and durability of products. However, we regret that the new law only addresses consumer access to information, instead of banning barriers to repair and early obsolescence practices altogether. What exactly does the ECGT mean for repair, and what is missing?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n